Popular 'Read & Feed' to continue through summer

The popular Midland County Historical Society preschool Read & Feed Storytime Series will continue through the spring and summer.

By Daily News staff

How about sweet carrot pudding with a runaway bunny? Or nibbling on some pumpkin bars while hearing about a skinny old woman outwitting wild animals?

The popular Midland County Historical Society preschool Read & Feed Storytime Series will continue through the spring and summer. The reading and eating will be 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. every other Monday at the Carriage House Hall, 3200 Cook Road, Midland. Tickets are $3 for MCHS members and $4 for non-members. Adults bringing children are admitted free.

Each program incorporates a historic story with cooking and is being offered during the summer months for the first time. Children help prepare foods mentioned in the books. There are also additional stories, songs or crafts and a look at some historic objects.

The schedule for May through August is:

May 9  "The Runaway Bunny" by Margaret Wise-Brown. Little bunny wants to run away from home, but somehow his mother always finds him and loves him just the same. Participants will make sweet carrot pudding to eat with ice cream.

May 23  "The Story of Noodles" by Ying Chang Compestine. Left alone to prepare their familys prize-winning dumplings for the annual cooking contest, the young Kang boys accidentally invent a new dish, "mian tiao," or noodles. The group will use a Chinese recipe for Long-Life noodles.

June 6  "Old Mother Hubbard and Her Wonderful Dog" by Sarah Catherine Martin. Old Mother Hubbard runs errand after errand for her wonderful dog. Everyone will be baking homemade bread.

June 20  "Poky Little Puppy" by Janette Sebring Lowrey. The poky little puppy keeps digging holes under fences. Will he get to have dessert? Yes, homemade shortcakes with strawberries.

July 11 "Puss-in-Boots" by Charles Perrault. Homemade peach cobbler will follow the story of a poor young man who gets help achieving his dreams from a very smart cat.

July 25  "Anansi and the Talking Melon" by Eric Kimmel. A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk. Banana splits will be this days treat.

August 15  "The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin" by Betsy Bang. Pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting accompany this Indian folktale in which a skinny old woman outwits the jackal, bear and tiger who want to eat her.

August 29  "Johnny Appleseed" by Patricia Demuth. The legendary character spreads apples wherever he goes. The payoff will be homemade apple fritters.